NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The NYPD launched an investigation after an 18-year-old was shot and killed on a Brooklyn street late Monday night, officials said.
At approximately 11:32 on Monday, May 10, police responded to a 911 call of a person shot at Hegeman Avenue and Linwood Street in East New York.
Upon arrival, officers observed an 18-year-old Shaheem Bascom with a gunshot wound to the chest, police said.
EMS rushed Bascom to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
There have been no arrests made at this time.
An investigation remains ongoing.